While building Argo 2, Leo decides to buy a new video - camera, and film everything that's going on. Including interviews with campers, Jasper, Percabeth and more (: I suck at summaries. Placed between TLO and SoN. T because I want.
Disclaimer: I if were Rick Riordan, I wouldn't be writing this. I'd be working on "The Mark of Athena". So apparently, I'm NOT Rick Riordan, who owns all the characters.
Chapter eighteen, part one: Summer Solstice
Leo was having a bad day; he woke up, ate breakfast and ran off to the warship. He discovered a new problem in the engines, and he didn't have much time to fix it. And the worst of all: today was the summer solstice. He, Jason, Piper, Annabeth and Rachel should leave today.
"We're running behind schedule," he muttered to himself. "The whole camp is going to kill me."
He could imagine himself on the next day: running in the streets of New York City while being chased by eighty angry, armed demigods. Not his typical way of spending the day.
He was sitting on the floor in the engines room – again, he mentioned to himself – and was doing his best to keep the engine from smoke. It didn't work.
"Hey, Repair Boy," Piper said as she and Jason entered the room. "How's going?"
"Bad," Leo wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was getting hotter every day. He took a hammer and hit the engine's metal. "And it's getting even worse."
Jason and Piper exchanged looks. Oh boy, Leo thought. A homesick son of Zeus\Jupiter is going to kill me, too. Should I run away now?
"What's the problem? We can help you fix it," Jason suggested.
"Team McLean can do everything," Piper agreed.
"What? I thought we were Team Grace!" Jason protested.
"You were wrong, my dear Jason," Piper said. "Team McLean we are, and Team McLean we shall stay. Anyways, what's the problem? You realize it's the solstice. We're supposed to leave today."
"I know that!" Leo whacked the engines a few more times. He was running out of time! "Could be the fizzrockets. Could be the samophlange. Could be Gaea messing with us again. I'm not sure!"
"How long?" Jason asked.
"Two, three days?"
"They may not have that long," Piper warned. "You want us to tell Chiron we're running out of time?"
"No, I don't want Chiron to be mad, too," Leo said. He hit the engine again with his hammer, and then sighed.
"Nobody's going to be mad at you, Leo," Piper's tune was soft.
"You're right. Everybody's going to be mad at me," Leo said.
"Leo, calm down," Piper said. "Take a deep breath."
Leo took a deep breath. Then he realized she was charmspeaking him. But he was too depressed he didn't care. He's letting everyone down again!
"Now listen to me," Piper sat on the floor in front of Leo. Jason stood behind him, silent. "These things happen," she said. "They happen all the time. Remember what happened to the Titanic. So the engines don't work. It can get worse, so stop whining and start working, for Aphrodite's sake!" (A\N: what do you think of Piper's speech? LOL.)
"Okay," Leo said. He stood up and saluted.
"Good job, Beauty Queen," Jason said from behind Leo.
"Thank you very much, Sparky," Piper replied.
"Now if you'll excuse me, love birds, I need to build a ship," Leo said.
"Okay. Good luck," Piper said, and then turned to Jason. "Let's go help my cabin with the décor."
"Décor? What décor?" Leo asked, confused.
"There was supposed to be a special dinner, to celebrate the finishing of the warship," Jason explained, "But the ship isn't finished, so we'll tell them to change it to a special summer solstice dinner."
"Oh, have fun," Leo said.
"Bye," Piper said and she and Jason exited the room.
"Finally, some time alone," Leo said, but inside, deep at his heart, he was happy Jason and Piper were his friends. They always made it easy going, and they made him smile whenever he felt lost.
"Back to work, Valdez," he said.
"You know, I kinda feel sorry for Leo," Piper said as she and Jason walked to the dinning pavilion.
"Really? Why? He seems happy," Jason said.
"Oh, I do think he's happy," Piper agreed. "He's been waiting for this kind of project for a long time. I think he feels important, and you know how much he loves it, but he misses all the fun of a summer camp."
"I still don't get your point," Jason apologized.
"Jason," Piper stopped and put her hand on his arm. Jason was uncomfortable with it, but he didn't say anything. "He sits in the ship all day long, unable to train and unable to have fun. The whole camp counts on him, and he's been under a lot of pressure."
"Oh, right," Jason said. "Why were you thinking about it?"
Piper started to walk again and left Jason's arm. "So, I was thinking we should let him know how much we appreciate his hard work by.." and she whispered her plan in Jason's ear.
"I think we should stay Team McLean," Jason decided. "You make most of the good ideas here."
"Thank you, Jason," Piper smiled, and she and Jason ran to tell the Aphrodite cabin about Piper's plan. Leo was not going to forget it!
To be continued…
So, here's the chapter. Curious to know about Piper's plan? Review and tell me what you think, because it might be her plan!
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I know it's short, but I wrote something, and then I thought about it and realized I want the original idea to take place in 'The Last Week', so I gave up and re-wrote this chapter. For these who don't know: 'The Last Week' is my other story! You are more then invited to R&R to it!
Who can guess what I was doing today? (:
So today I watched 'Journey to the Mysterious Island'! YAY! This movie is so freaking good! I mean, the whole idea is kinda predictable; they find the island, something bad happens, blah blah blah. But the actors were so good (I'm a huge fan of Josh Hutcherson.), and special effects looked real, and the plot was good, so I loved it!
Answers part!
ShyWiseGirl: Yes, there is definatly (I never knew how to spell that word) going to be a chapter where he shows it to everyone. To tell you a secret? I didn't know he was going to be interviewed until I started writing the chapter :D Thanks for reviewing!
random person: Hmm, a toga party? Nah. Never. It does sound cool (: Thank you for reviewing!
unknown nobody: Thanks for reviewing! Actually, the next chapter is going to be pre-epilogue, so nobody gets interviewed from now on.
Nobody2012: Thank you! I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well! (:
StarrySea: LOL. I'm a daughter of Athena. The quiz says so (; Thanks for reviewing!
Maluvelaz98: Thank you so much :D I hope you enjoyed this chapter, too.
Golden Drachma: Thank you! =} I'm so happy to hear that you love the story!
HiddenXinXShadows: Thank you. There's this song that says: "lechol siyum yesh hatchala chadash vegam yim hapreda hee kasha." It means: every end is a new beginning even thought saying good bye is hard. So I might consider a sequel. But I do have another story, in case you haven't read it yet (:
Splashfire: Thank you (:
TeamPiper: I'm sorry, but it has to end somewhen. Really? I remember writing the first chapter (;
ILovePercabeth: Thank you! You want me to get him a girlfriend? (;
livetolaugh: Thank you so much! I love your user name :P
cOOkieGirl1718: Yeah, that what I meant. Thanks for reviewing! The Hunger Games is one of my favorite movies. I wanna watch it again! I will ask it for my birthday (:
CherryPop0120: Thanks for reviewing! Oh my gods, really? THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've already told my writing is similar so Suzanne Collins's (In my native language. In English there's nothing to compare.), so now I'm compared to my second favorite author! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
GoddessOfTheMoonAndEnthusiasm: Hmmm, thanks for the question, but the chapter is over, so I can't put it in.. I'm sorry. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!
Oh my gods, there was a giant musqitu in my room and I just crashed it to death with my notebook. Go Leo! Now Leo killed a fly. He's in a deadly mood today (;
DO NOW MISS THIS PART OF MY LONG AUTHOR NOTE!
So, I want my other story to have more reviews, but you seem to ignore my requests, so I'm NOT UPDATING LEOCAM AGAIN UNTIL THE LAST WEEK GETS 10 REVIEWS FOR THE LATEST CHAPTER. NO LEOCAM 'TILL THEN!
So yeah, I'm going to chat with friends on Facebook... Bye :D
And until next time...
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